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public safety despite his travels around new york city in the past week. dr. spencer had been working with doctors without borders treating ebola patients west africa and was self-monitoring himself. he was back in new york six days before becoming symptom attic. the doctor left guinea on october 14th and arrived at jfk on 17th. on october 21st he felt tired but went on a three mile jog. on wednesday the doctor rode three subway lines, went to a popular park, and went bowling. y yesterday he came down with a 100.3 fever and notified doctors without borders who called the health department. emergency workers from the fire department rushed to his manhattan apartment in full protective gear. many are questioning dr. spencer's decision to go out in public after being in the hot
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zone. new york governor andrew cuomo said spencer did everything right. >> you've been in west africa treating people -- treating, you know, value lantly treating patients with ebola. you come back into the country let's take the appropriate precautions and say we should isolate you for 21 days. if you're a doctor you know you're not contagious until you're symptomatic. this is a doctor who is taking his temperature twice a day. and obviously concluded that he was not symptom attic. we got word that nina pham, the dallas nurse infected with ebola is being released from the hospital today. we're awaiting a news conference from the n ishs h. she was transported from the dallas hospital to maryland for treatment.
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we are at bellevue hospitals. one of the hospitals in the nation specially equipped to treat ebola patients. >> reporter: it is, tom ramron. we're told all accounts they were ready. they've were prepared. they have been talking about the possibility of getting a patient with ebola for the past few weeks. this is a hospital that was designated if someone was flagged during the screening. at jfk they would be brought here to this hospital. they were very ready. i spoke with a doctor who was working overnight last night. he said one thing that has changed is doctors have been told to stay in their units. he was told to stay in his area of the hospital. the isolation ward only the most essential personnel are coming in contact with dr. spencer. it's one thing that has changed. we're seeing the investigation into where he went. we have the cdc rapid response team that is now working with city officials here trying to
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determine if they have all of his movements accounted for. which subways he took, you know, he was in an uber cab. they're looking at his credit card statements and metro card. he was at the bowling alley. the bowling alley temporarily closed. we got a statement from them earlier today. they said we voluntarily decided to close the gutter yesterday evening as a precautionary measure while we gathered more information. we're working with the new york city health department to have the bar cleaned and sanitized under their supervision and expect to be open sometime today after that is completed. doctors are advising the health department have told us that staff and customers were at no risk. so the message from the bowling alley, the same thing that we're hearing from new york city officials and from the cdc they don't expect any casual contact could have caused anyone to catch ebola from dr. spencer. >> right now we know, kristin,
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dr. spencer told officials he didn't believe his protective gear had been breached while working in guinea. so the question, of course, remains how did he get it and what details can he share as he's recovering regarding not only his footsteps but what happened while he was there treating so many patients in that hot zone. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. that's another part of this information. they have been speaking with him. he's been able to talk to them about you know what he was doing. what his experiences were. we know he came into this country. at that point he wasn't symptomatic at all. he went through the extra screening at jfk. he didn't have the fever at that point. they're trying to trace it back find out where the breach was. where he might have been infected. if any of the other workers may have been infected at the same time. they're watching and speaking with those doctors as well.
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and then, of course, what we haven't mentioned his fiancè and two close friends he was with during the past week have also been isolated. >> thank you so much. joining me now in studio art kapl kaplan. thank you for joining us. let's look at some of the situation here. the new york times talking about tracing possible contacts. city health officials were faced with the challenge of trying to find the right balance between trying to find everyone who might have been exposed and responding to a disease that is transmitted only through direct exposure to bodily fluids. i feel like there's such conflicting information in that. we know meaning the medical professionals. you know how ebola is transmitted. through vomiting, diarrhea, bodily fluids. if dr. spencer didn't show or have any of the symptoms why is it then necessary to look for
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people who were on subways? to notify his neighbors, to shut down a bowling alley? >> public trust. if you didn't brush your teeth with him. you're not going to get ebola. it's hard to get it. you have to have someone vomit on it. you have to have the bloods. those are the means of transmission. it doesn't live on toilet seats. it's almost a public confidence boost. would it make better sense instead of running around looking for contacts to have the hero doctors. they're heros when they come back isolate for 21 days at at location. i think so. not because i think they're infectious. i think it cements the public trust that nothing is going on here. we have an observation of -- instead of running around trying to find out what taxi he took or subway he took. >> when it's clear if someone
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was in the taxi after him unless there was bodily fluids they wouldn't be exposed to ebola. >> remember the gentleman who came from liberia, the only death out of the people. the nurse is coming out of care. >> nina pham. >> survival has been eight out of nine. that's impressive. should be calming, too. if you don't have fluid exchange you're not going get this. i'm not worried about it. this patient is at my hospital. >> you brought up thomas eric duncan, even his fiancè has been given the all clear and members of the family in intimate contact. doctors without borders, 3288 staff in guinea alone. 23 staffers infected since march. seven have recovered. doctors without borders they've been praised for so long. even more so than the cdc regarding precautions that agency takes to ensure the safety of individuals around the health workers and the health workers.
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back to the issue of not having a 21-day quarantine period for doctors who return to their homes like new york city. why wasn't that in place? >> i don't know why. i think the cdc habit is it's not in infectious. we'll just check to be sure by tracing all the contacts be u in a big city like new york that's too many people to trace, if you will, without spending a ton of money. they're not prisoners. we want to treat them well. they're heros. remember, if they don't go, we're going to be dealing with ebola forever. >> and that's the balance in convincing young men and women who are doctors to go over there and risk their lives and treat the thousands of others who are suffering with conditions far worse. >> they're going to shut the epidemic down and we want them to go there. if you have a travel ban or you lock them up like they were prisoners, you isolate them, put them in a nice environment.
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make sure they get good food. i'm for the isolation strategy. ting makes the public calm. you don't panic i brushed up against the guy. i don't think that's going to make you sick but people get nervous. >> there was a house oversight committee hearing taking place today. it's just happening now. i want to play a heated exchange with elijah cummings on the duty to help west africa. let's play it. >> we can no longer ignore the crisis in west africa. we can no longer ignore it. the longer the outbreak continues, the more likely it will spread to the rest of the world including more cases right here in the united states of america. >> you know the world health organization said early on in this epidemic the outbreak of ebola that some of the mistakes would be made by health care work eers with fatigue and treating and dealing with parents in conditions i could never imagine. with that said, though, looking
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back at the doctor and knowing that he was not feeling well. he went out on the job. and then later went to the public bowling alley. do you believe there needs to be beyond the quarantine should medical personnel also be brought in to fully understand public confidence. there's a lot going on here. even though they are doctors and he was self-monitoring that what some see as arrogance, i'll be honest with you, has to be dealt with? >> i think there's two kinds of viruss circulating now. one is ebola. when which i don't think is a big danger to us. we'll get more cases and we'll manage them. i can tell you at bellevue that my hospital staff. they know what they're doing. the over virus is fear. fear is circulating all over the place. what i'm suggesting is cdc manages right now for the first virus and they're not worried and infectivity. they have to manage for the second one. that's why the case for isolation, looking like you're going to do every possible thing
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is important. because you don't want people to panic. and, you know, we talk about ebola all day long with one death. >> and we don't want to, again, let people go away with the feeling that these doctors are not heros who go over to west africa. when so many say no they say yes. >> those cops and firemen who ran down to the world trade center. the doctors are basically running to a disaster zone risking their lives. we have to treat them well. thank you so much. our knicks next story in washington. nurses and officials are demanding steps those on the front line are protected against the virus. they held a news conference this morning. just before the house committee i referred to began. the hearing on the federal government's response to the outbreak here in this country. today's washington post quotes one nurse saying.
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we certainly should note none of the nurses who contracted ebola in the united states have died. nina pham is on her way home to be with her family. amber vinson is on the mend as well. with me is jane ross. copresident of the nurses union. her colleague is testifying now at the ebola response hearing on the hill. thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> we've talked a lot about what went wrong in texas. and now you see the response in new york. the governor of new york saying this is how it's supposed to work. the response and the cdc s.w.a.t. team, for a lack of a better description, on the ground now. an ebola czar coordinating all the forces. will you more confident today with the new cause than when the news first broke. >> certainly more so than what happened in dallas happened. however, we are understanding that bellevue has been a lot of
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training. they have been working at for weeks if not over a month. that makes me feel better. it's one hospital. i could point out that hospital happens to be in the public sector. we keep decreasing funding for the public facilities that has me worried. as far as the cdc guidelines coming out and being what they consider improved we have reservati reservations. we're glad to see the protection making sure all the skin is covered. and we are glad about the buddy system and the staffing. it's like a suggestion left open to the private hospitals. it worries us. that's why we have our petition online, still, at nationalnursesunited.org to give us a uniform, national optimal standard that is mandatory for every hospital in this country. >> as i understand, the national nurses union recently took a survey 84% say of the nurses
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their hospital is still not holding the essential interactive training programs and more than a third say inadequate supplies of protective gear. was that taken before the two nurses contracted ebola? is it a recent figure 84%. we keep updating our numbers. it started before the nurses in dallas were infected. we have now over 3,000 responses. 900 hospitals in every state plus d.c. and the virgin islands. so this is not unique to one area. >> i'm sure the numbers will come up in the hearing today. we greatly appreciate you joining us today as we follow the breaking news with another case here in the united states. thank you. as reported we're awaiting a news conference from new york city mayor hoping to get an update on the first patient in ne new york city.
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we'll bring you the news conferences as soon as they begin. also ahead. officials released more video examining the steps of the gunman who opened fire near canada's parliament. we're learning what may have motivated the deadly attack. the latest out of canada next. another disturbing incident. this time in new york city when a man with a hatchet attacked a group of uniformed officers in broad daylight on the street. the latest on the disturbing ca case and the investigations. new charges for the white house fence jumper who kicked and punched two secret service dogs. what happened to the dogs hurricane and jordan. a lot of people have been asking about them. it's one of the thing wes thought you should know. you join our conversation go online. my team is @"newsnation." you can find me on facebook, twitter, instagram unde under @tamronhall. an important message for americans eligible
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chilling new surveillance video emerged of the gunman who carried out the shooting rampage in canada. authorities are getting closer to determining what may have set the man off. the video shows the gunman michael zehaf-bibea sprinting toward the parliament building with a rifle if his hand. canadian police released the video yesterday as they revealed more details about what he was up to the in final days and. what we learned he was not among the 90 people deemed a high risk traveler. nbc has more on what has been uncovered so far. >> canadian officials say the shooter came here to ottawa in hopes of obtaining a passport and say that he wanted to travel to syria. presumably to try to join up with isis. we have learned through the
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current investigation that this individual has been in ottawa since at least october 2nd, 2014. that he was in town to deal with a passport issue. also, that he was hoping to leave for syria. the man officials say is michael zehaf-bibea. a recent convert to islam. with plans to travel to syria, a hot bed of isis terror activity. officials believe that the delay in his passport due to a background check may have prompted the tragic shooting wednesday. the gunman is seen here minutes after killing a canadian soldier with a hunting rifle. he hijacks a car. he's seen heading for are the canadian parliament. people scattered a as he gets up and come deers a second car heading for the front door. wh once inside he continues firing until being killed in a shoot
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out with police. credited with killing him is kevin vickers. the canadian government saying it arefused to allow a terrorist to interrupt the work reconvened celebrating vickers as a hero. >> yesterday he was there and he did what he had to do. we're just tremendously relieved that he's fine. michael zehaf-bibea had a criminal record and some say he once asked to be sent to jail to overcome an addiction to crack cocaine. he had been living in a homeless shelter. his conversion to islam took place on the other side of the country at the british columbia lodge. his mother who had not seen him in years denounced his actions saying, i'm mad at my son. i don't understand. and part of me wants to hate him at this time. at canada's war memorial they
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came to lay flowers and pay tribute to nathan cirillo. two friends wait ed for their master to come home at cirillo's home. the the young man he shot in the back is expected to be buried sometime next week. >> here in new york authorities are trying to determine whether a frightening attack on a group of new york police officers in uniform was terror related. it happened yesterday in broad daiy daylight. a man with a hatchet injured two police officers. it was caught on camera. the latest. >> security video records the moment a man in a hooded court charges across the sidewalk raising a hatchet. four rookie police officers were standing just out of frame. >> he swung at one of the
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officers with the hatchet striking his right arm. after striking that officer, the suspect continues swinging the hatchet striking a second officer in the head causing him to fall to the sidewalk. >> the uninjured officers opened fire on the suspect killing him and accidentally shooting a 29-year-old female bystander a half block away. police sources have identified the suspect adds 32-year-old zale thampson and the facebook page belongs to him. investigators are searching the suspect's hard drives for clueses about what may have motivated the attack. authorities haven't found any hate literature or any links to any jihadist groups at this time. after the shooting in canada on wednesday, the nsypd is on alert.
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the investigation will attempt to determine. coming up humiliating hazing. another power house high school now in trouble for disturb allegations. the second school this month facing some serious allegations. the first new jersey now in pennsylvania. it's one of the stories we're following around the "newsnation." plus, the midterms are just 11 days away. new polls are out. the tight senate race you'll need to watch. they'll determine who controls the senate. up next numbers you'll want to see. murk murray is next.
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the doctor was recently admitted to a hospital in new york after he returned from treating patients in west africa. he worked with doctors without borders. we're also expecting to hear from the texas nurse nina pham who was just declared ebola free by the national institute of health. we'll bring you both of those news conferences as soon as they start. time now in the meantime for the "newsnation" political postscript. through are now 11 days to go until the midterms. time is running out for candidates who want to make the last impression on voters. this week debate season launched into full swing and candidates brought in what you can call their big guns. calling on high pro file surrogates to help them on the campaign trail. >> who heard of someone giving someone a six-year job for two years. >> moving harry reid to the back of the room is one of the most
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important things i believe i can commit myself to. >> do you approve the job president obama is doing. this is a yes or no answer. do you approve yes or no? >> in some ways approve and some ways i don't. >> you had two chances to run for the u.s. senate in massachusetts 2013 and 2014. why? >> i live here. >> i don't think new hampshire is a consolation prize. be if you're somebody who flies around in a private jet and you live on a mansion on the sea, it's hard to understand what people are suffering from. >> charlie grew up with plenty
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of money. joining me live mark murray. we know there's been a lot of criticisms. the ones we've witnessed certainly have been pretty heated and it's clear the differences there. as we look ahead with the 11 days, two states that you were watching that could determine that you feel certain will determine the senate hearing. >> i think the two most important are colorado and iowa. it seems like almost every day we get new polls out of those two states. and, you know, there are at lot of different scenarios and how democrats can be able to maintain their majority. but it makes it much easier for them if they end up winning in colorado, in iowa. and honestly. republican wins in colorado and iowa do kind of goat a point where they can start talking about a way. they were able to get into states that barack obama won in 2008 and 2012. and colorado has been a state that is really been difficult for republicans since 2004. >> as i mentioned, we're waiting for an update from the mayor of
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new york city, bill de blasio as well as an update from the national institute of health on nina pham. you and the first read team asked is it worth asking the impact of the political conversation turning, once again, to ebola came up in the new hampshire debate last night. some people slugged it off before. it could have an impact. >> absolutely, tamron. i think it's having a little bit less an impact than it did a couple of weeks ago. certainly the news was about the missteps a the cdc and the dallas hospital has made as well as travel that some of the health care professionals that were doing in dallas. it does seem it's died down a little bit. the bad news is democrats were hoping that today's news cycle would be dominated by something other than ebola or isis. of course, what is the main story we're talking about? ebola. democrats want to be able to localize these races, make them contrast, be able to point out and say the republican opponent is too radical. but the more the national
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headlines are in the news, it's not necessarily good news for democrats. >> all right. we'll see what happens. 11 days. we'll keep updating our audience. coming up the man in this video. he was shot by a south carolina trooper during a routine traffic stop. he was pulled over for not having a seat belt on allegedly. he is speaking out for the first time about what happened to him. to tell that story to anybody is just something that no one can believe the first time until the tape was released and they saw it. what he thinks should happen to the officer who shot him in that video that is still just unimagine and unbelievable to watch. it's one of the stories we're following around the "newsnation" today. the largest enterpriery hack and nuisance in the world. but systems policed by hp's cyber security team are constantly monitored for threats. outside and in.
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made? >> well, the bow ties are made in the usa. they're made in tennessee, and my company works while i give -- i pay my -- i have five employees. >> wow! >> yes. >> are you younger than your employees? >> yes, i am. >> okay. you have five employees and you are the boss. even though you're 12. what advice did the founder give you when you were on "sharks tank"? he told me to always stay true to your business. >> said what? i'm sorry. >> to stay true to your business. >> okay. so you have your brand. you have five employees. what would you like to see next with your company? >> well, what i would like to see next with my company is to have neckties that are fun, cool
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friends. they're also being monitored. this is the first case in the most populated city in the united states. and you can imagine the concern that exists today. we're going take a look at the concerns and certainly talk about the realities of how an individual can contract ebola and those who were exposed if they were. we're expecting to hear from the texas nurse nina pham who is now ebola free! she's been treated at the national snubstitute of health. we'll bring the stories to you as soon as the news conferences begin. (receptionist) gunderman group. gunderman group is growing. getting in a groove. growth is gratifying. goal is to grow. gotta get greater growth. i just talked to ups. they got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. like smart pick ups. they'll only show up when you print a label and it's automatic. we save time and money. time? money? time and money. awesome. awesome! awesome! awesome! awesome!
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welcome back. a new autopsy of the 18-year-old killed by an off duty st. louis police officer earlier this month topping our look at stories around the "newsnation." an independent pathologist found that meyers was shot eight times including six times from behind. attorneys for meyers' family said the autopsy suggested meyers was running away from the officers when he was shot. the pathologist was hired by the meyers family. police say meyers shot at the officer first. a high school in suburban philadelphia cancelled the football season over allegations of hazing by team members. school officials at central bus high school sent a letter explaining the decision.
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citing improper conduct by players and a fill your by the coaching staff to supervisor team activities. this comes after a high school in new jersey cancelled the season also over haszing allegations. five coaches were suspended there. and jones the south carolina man who shot by a state trooper after a routine traffic stop is speaking out for the first time. jones was shot in the hip last month by an officer as he reached inside i had car for his driver's license. jones was unarmed. officer sean will bert was later fired and charged with aggravated assault and battery. jones spoke this morning with matt lauer. his first tv interview since the incident. and jones said the officer should be charged with a felony. he hasn't seen the video that made so many headlines. to tell that story to anybody is just somebody that no
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one can believe the first time. i know, that strangers told me they started crying. so much love and come passion has came out from across the country. the and attorney said he's not guilty and there is more to the story than what is seen in the video. and five years ago, the state of pennsylvania and much of the nation was rocked by what would become as known kids for cash scandal. two judges accused of accepting millions from the developer of for profit juvenile detention centers where they were in turn sending thousands of kids for minor infractions sentencing them the judges were eventually tried and are now in prison. as they serve out their long sentences, the judges are telling their side in a story of a
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in a new documentary. >> so you to -- there's a mechanism that takes over that keeps kids in that system. >> no one listens because we were kids. there there was never any instance of guilt or innocence. they were locking him up. >> really high number of kids appearing without counsel. >> we have no right. he's in their custody now. >> it's unbelievable. talk about children. >> i wanted them to be scared out of their minds. >> i don't understand how it was a bad thing. >> and joining me now the director of kids for cash. thank you for joining us. you know, it's interesting looking at the tape of the south carolina man who was shot and said no one believed him until they saw the video. there were rumors this was happening. there were reports but when it all came together there were people who simply could not
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believe what was happen dog kids like hillary. >> i think there was a complicity and complacency. because people have a zeal for accident occ zero tolerance. people want kids punished for being kids. i think that's part of the problem. everybody was okay with it his zero tolerance policies until they found out money was involve involved. >> and hillary, in 2007, you were detained at the age of 14 for creating a my space page mocking an assistant principal at your school. the judge sentenced you three months in a juvenile detention certainly on charges of harassment. when you were in that court, did you feel helpless -- did you look around and say i'm a kid. is there anyone there to help me? >> it was definitely terrifying, and the judge made a point of making the experience as miserable as possible for anyone there. i had my mother, you know, she was attached to me the entire
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time she her hands on my shoulders and was pressing up against me. as soon as the order went to send me to jail, she was taken away from me and it was very much me on my own. in fact, when i was being cuffed i could hear her whaling and creaming and the woman who was cuffing me said look what you did to your mother. >> you were a stellar student. you had never been in trouble in your life. you made a mistake. you went on and made the my space page. did you think, i'll go in and see my background and i will go home with my mom? >> yep. well, i mean, i was told over and over that at best i would get probation. in fact while i was in the courtroom, i apologized to my vice principal right there. i said i was so sorry. i had no idea. i didn't think it through as a person. as an administration member and to no avail. >> hillary's mother was one of those that called in and helped
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spark the information here. the money trail, though, talk to us a little bit. the judges run on the zero tolerance and we hear campaign ads and say we'll put them behind say we will put them bhand bars. the dot dot dot is that there was money there. >> $2.6 million that exchanged hands from the private for profit center. the judge called it a finder's fee for referring the project the federal government called the kick backs. is fact is they were talking about the money. that's the sensational part of the story. we are locking up kids.
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>> the boys seem to get harsher sentences and a young white girl who was an honor student. with that said, has the system improved or changed? we were having this conversation of kindergarteners or preschoolers who were being expelled. >> we are lucky because the film was screened before congress and the justice department and the department of education. we had a screening here in new york here monday night and a representative from the white house join us from at the q&a who gave an emotional and passionate talk about the film. it's happening all across the united states. it is still happening. after that screening on monday night, we learned we will be screening at the united nations in november. >> the judges involved in this, how do they try to explain their actions.
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>> for them this was what's the big deal. i was sending kids away. we needed a new juvenile detention center. what's the big deal? that's the thing about ethics. how do they know the decisions you made? >> long-term for kids like hillary, she has a mom who is strong and by her side, not everyone got out of those prisons. they don't. they are not sitting there just having snacks. this is tough. many are scar and even more damaged and end up in adult prisons. >> that's exactly right. we did a film called the war tapes and learned about ptsd. i never expected to see it from kid who is have been through the juvenile system. that's what we found.
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doctor? >> thank you very much, francis. as you are anticipating, i have very good and happy news to impart on you right now. patient nina pham is free of ebola virus. we know that because we have multiple determinations of her she looks extraordinarily well. i want to first tell you what a great pleasure and in many respects a privilege it has been for me and the staff here of the clinical studies unit, the special clinical studies unit at nih to have the opportunity to treat and care for and get to know such an extraordinarily courageous and lovely person.
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she as an individual is extraordinary, but she also represents the nurses and health care worker who is put themselves on the line and put themselves in a risk to take care of people who are in such need. so i'm going to introduce and bring her here, but before i do, i want to have a shout out to a few people and individuals. first, thank you very much to the doctors and nurses of texas presbyterian who took such good care of her before they sent her to us. i want to have a recognition for the extraordinary staff of doctors and nurses here in our own clinical studies unit who did an extraordinary job of taking care of nina. nina is very sensitive about the role of nurses because she is so
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devoted. as a tribute to her, i am wearing the colors of her nursing school, texas christian. we should have a shout out for training such an extraordinary individual. >> i will have nina come out and she will read a statement, but she will not answer any questions. after that i will come and answer a few questions for you and get nina to go back home to texas to resume a normal, healthy, and happy life. nina? >> good afternoon. i feel fortunate and blessed to be standing here today. i would first and foremost like to thank god, my family and friends. throughout this ordeal, i put my trust in god and my medical team. i am on my way back to recovery
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even as i reflect on how many others have not been so fortunate. of course i am so incredibly thankful to those involved in may care from the moment i was admitted to the hospital in dallas up to today, my discharge from the clinical research center at nih. i would like to thank kent brantley of a selfless act of donating plasma to me. i have a special appreciation for the care i received from so many people. not just doctors and urs ins, but the entire support team. i believe in the power of prayer because i know so many people all over the world have been praying for me. i do not know how i can thank everyone enough for their prayers and expressions of concern, hope, and love. i join you in prayer for the recovery of others including my
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coly ing and friend amber vincent and dr. craig spencer. i hope that people understand that this illness and whole experience have been stressful and challenging for me and my family. although i no longer have ebola, i know it may be a while before i have my strength back. so with gratitude and respect for everyone's concern, i ask for my privacy and my family's privacy to be respected as i return to texas and try to get back to a normal and reunite with my dog, bentley. thank you, everyone. >> thank you very much, nina. before i open up for questions, i want to recognize two people who really helped us in linking with nina and getting to know her as essentially a member of our family here at

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